Mansions for sale in Spain.
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Among luxury homes, mansions for sale are the rarest, usually more than a million euros and often far beyond. Some are glass and stone; others are palaces held by one family for generations.

Set the location, the type of home, the floor area and the budget in the property search. Tell us what you are looking for, and your search for luxury mansions for sale starts there.

Beautiful old mansions for sale

Some buyers want a house that has already lived. An old mansion for sale in Spain might be a palace around a courtyard in Seville or Palma, a belle époque villa on the bay in San Sebastián, or a manor house among the olive groves of Andalusia.

These are old money mansions for sale in the truest sense: thick walls, tall ceilings, worn stone and gardens that took decades to mature. They ask for a patient buyer who checks a few things first.

• Heritage protection, which shapes what you may change
• Roofs, stonework and drainage, with a specialist survey
• Mature gardens and outbuildings, which need care all year
• Local rules, confirmed by an architect and your lawyer

Derelict mansions for sale

A ruin can look like a shortcut to grandeur. In practice, derelict mansions for sale take permits, craftsmen and patience to reach a luxury standard, so many buyers prefer a house already restored.

Beach mansions for sale

For many, the dream is simple: the sea at the end of the garden. Yet waterfront mansions for sale are rarer than the coastline suggests, and true frontline plots are scarce.

Lake mansions are rarer still, since waterfront in Spain almost always means the sea. Check what separates the house from the water, and remember that coastal rules limit building near the shore.

• Marbella's Golden Mile and the shore towards Mijas Costa
• Sotogrande, where the marina meets polo fields and quiet streets
• Island mansions for sale above the coves of Port d'Andratx, Mallorca
• Es Cubells in Ibiza, on cliffs with the sea far below

What makes a mansion

A mansion is defined less by a figure than by a feeling of scale. Light and proportion matter as much as size, yet most mansion homes for sale share a few things.

• Generous grounds, a gated approach and mature gardens
• Several reception rooms and a principal suite like its own wing
• Separate quarters for guests, and often for staff
• A pool, wide terraces and shade for the summer months

Mega mansions for sale

At the top of luxury mansion real estate sit spa floors, cinema rooms, wine cellars and staff wings. Billionaire mansions for sale go further, with guest houses and grounds that feel like a private park.

Small mansions for sale sound like a contradiction, yet some buyers want exactly that: a great house on a more manageable scale. Our pages on large mansions and mansion houses look closer at size and layout; villas, penthouses and land have guides of their own.

Where Spain's great houses are

Many of the most expensive mansions for sale in Spain sit in a handful of well-known enclaves.

• La Zagaleta and Sierra Blanca, in the hills above Marbella
• La Moraleja in Madrid, grand family homes behind tall hedges
• Pedralbes, on the upper slopes of Barcelona
• Son Vida above Palma and the village of Deià, in Mallorca or Majorca
• Ibiza's quieter corners, home to the island's most private houses

Country mansions for sale

Not every buyer wants the coast. Country mansions for sale near Ronda trade beach life for silence and land of your own, while mountain mansions for sale in the Sierra de Tramuntana look over terraced slopes towards the sea.

Before you fall for a mansion for sale anywhere, walk the grounds at different hours.

New, modern or ready to move in

New mansions for sale bring open plans, walls of glass and home automation. If clean lines appeal to you, our page on modern mansions follows contemporary design across Spain.

Many new homes are handed over empty. Empty mansions for sale make surveys simpler, since every wall can be seen, and vacant mansions for sale let you plan the move on your own timetable.

Nice mansions for sale are easy to picture; beautiful mansions for sale are harder to define. Judge any mansion with pool for sale with a practical eye.

• Orientation and how the light moves through the day
• Privacy from neighbours and from the road
• Shade in summer and shelter from the wind
• How the terrace meets the garden and the pool